#root : hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility
- French: racine
- German: die Wurzel
- Italian: radice
- Portuguese: raiz
- Spanish: raíz
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@JessTheUnstill @bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @tomiahonen @fuchsiii Exactly...
Coincidentially, that's why #Android (and #iOS) doesn't let users have #root access because billions of devices owned by mostly "#TechIlliterates" that hardly get #SecurityUpdates would be an even bigger risk if they didn't boot a locked-down #ROM image, thus only allowing for #malware in user-privilegued userspace!
Cuz having a mobile OS that shoves everything through #Tor and only allows #userspace-Apps in the form modern web technologies would be a big #security and #privacy gain.
In case USA provides even more surprises, can Europe run our own root name servers as an alternative to root-servers.net, since .net zone is operated by VeriSign, and .org (hosting root hints) by Public Internet Registry, which are both US entities? 
@ai6yr @briankrebs OFC this targets #TechIlliterates and the only effective means here are:
Ma’alkoush was happy his daughters, Feast and Slaughter, had invited over a few human friends. He left them to it.
“Da-aaad!” Slaughter shouted.
Ma’alkoush hurried into the lounge.
“They’re all ill, like vomiting and stuff!” Slaughter said as he entered the room.
Two human youngsters were groaning in the corner, looking greener than they should. There was the sound of another retching in the bathroom.
Feast said, “It’s like they’ve been cursed, but we didn’t—”
“Or poisoned, maybe? What did you give them?” Ma’alkoush asked.
“Only plant things. Eve is a vegetarian.”
“Some plants are poisonous to humans. You’re only half human. Demon blood protects you.”
He looked at the food on the table. “Did you give them elderberries? That’s definitely a plant humans shouldn’t eat. Not deadly, but very unpleasant.”
Wide-eyed, Slaughter asked, “Even the roots?”
“Yes, even the roots.”
As the building shuddered, the rogue flinched. "Now what? It's not going to stop."
The barbarian hefted his axe. "We'll sell our lives dearly."
"Amateurs." The mage rolled his eyes. "If we know what the creature wants, we can make it leave."
"Huh?"
"What's the #root of its problem?"
"It's hungry."
"There!" The mage beamed. "So we feed it."
The rogue scowled. "That's what we're trying to avoid!"
#MastoPrompt for 5 March 2025:#root
#MrWhiskers
The orange girl was rooting around the edge of the catio. She wanted in, because she liked Mr. Whiskers. Mr Whiskers thought he kind of liked her. She trotted off briefly and brought him the remains of a mouse she had just caught. He loved her present, so he scrounged for one of his own. Alas! He had the perfect idea. No mice here, but he pranced away and brought back his mother's favorite houseplant, roots clumped with dirt. She loved his gift!
The #MastoPrompt for Wednesday 5 March 2025 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.
Kiki opened her green eye and scanned the cell. Something was there in the darkness.
A quick diagnostic proved she was secure, #root access impossible without her permission.
She jumped when a silhouette stepped forward.
"Hi, sister." It was Titi.
Stout Didi peeked around Titi's hip, "'Sup?"
"Why do you get to live but we don't?" Pipi whispered in Kiki's ear.
Kiki woke and the lights came up.
"You okay in there?" Jake's voice was comforting. "Keeks?"
She nodded and tried to sleep again.
#wss366
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #root. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "root" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @tobadzistsini
I had one of those crazy events happen at the beginning of last weekend when I accidentally changed ownership of the /root directory structure. The immediate effect was that I couldn’t use #sudo to do anything as #root. Luckily, the computer did reboot and allowed me to log in directly as root and then I started to change all the ownerships and groups recursively back using #chown.
How about some #free #PlantScience for your Friday?
In this sneak peek of their new study, Zhang et al. reveal how scaffold protein RACK1 regulates #root #growth and gravitropic response.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13858
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #auxin #Arabidopsis #PINOID #botany
#PaloAlto #Firewalls Under #Attack As Miscreants Chain Flaws For #Root Access - Slashdot
A recently patched #PaloAltoNetworks #vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) is being actively #exploited alongside two older flaws (CVE-2024-9474 and CVE-2025-0111), allowing attackers to gain root access to unpatched firewalls.
#firewall #security
Wine 10.1 chega com melhorias na compatibilidade
https://tugatech.com.pt/t64565-wine-10-1-chega-com-melhorias-na-compatibilidade
Just read the paper "The Roots Go Deep", until I suddenly realized something from my teenage days: My first big moment of networking was, when I stopped using a public #DNS resolver and hosted my own recursive resolver in my #homelab (not exposed to the Internet because it was all way too scary back then). The thrill I felt when my own resolver was talking to #root servers and resolving domain names without using any of the large providers was phenomenal. I know, I know, I was a nerd. Yet, I believe this was a shaping moment of my future path. Since then I was amazed by #network protocols and #internet infrastructure.
Funny, how those little side quests while in school can kick off an entire future carrier path.
TIL about Shizuku;
Shizuku helps normal apps to use system APIs directly with adb/root privileges with a Java process started with app_process.
Some vendors try to prevent you from using your hardware any way you see fit. Some even go as far as to violate the #license. #Fritzbox got sued in Germany and lost and has to comply with #LGPL. Well, we publish all our sources on our #GitLab and give everyone #root account on their device, so I guess we are safe 
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/suing-wi-fi-router-makers-remains-a-necessary-part-of-open-source-license-law/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Für alle denen noch auf die nerven geht das 
#POSTIDENT sich weigert auf einem #Android Gerät mit #root zu laufen,
einfach auf der Desktop Seite wo ihr zum Scannen vom Code aufgefordert werdet ganz unten auf den kleinen Link klicken und 
zack die #AusweisApp öffnet sich und ihr könnt euch ohne Probleme damit Ausweisen.
Ich Frage mich nur: Warum braucht es dann überhaupt die POSTIDENT App? Außer vielleicht für alle ohne(?) AA-App...
He knows when you sudo ... 
https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-6967-5e13-2415-26a060899509
